Dr Nicholas Sharples


Dr Nicholas Sharples
NameDr Nicholas Sharples
Job titleSenior Lecturer in Mathematics
Research institute
Primary appointmentDesign Engineering & Mathematics
Email addressn.sharples@mdx.ac.uk
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1722-5647
Contact categoryResearcher

Biography

Biography

I joined Middlesex in 2015 as a Lecturer in Mathematics.

I'm now a Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, and Learning and Quality Lead for the Faculty of Science and Technology.

In addition to teaching and research I have a significant interest in ensuring the faculty develops high-quality courses. I chair the validation and review sub-committee that reviews all programmes of study developed in the Faculty of Science and Technology.

Teaching

Programme Leader:

  • MSc Financial Mathematics
  • MSc Applied Statistics.

Currently developing:

  •  MSc Financial Technology.

Taught modules:

  • Module Leader: MSO2125 Real Analysis
  • Module Leader: MSO2145 Problem Solving and Communication
  • Module Leader: MSO2300 Mathematical Statistics
  • Module Leader: MSO3125 Further Analysis
  • Module Leader: MSO4354 Probability Theory and Mathematical Analysis
  • Module Tutor: MSO4358 Stochastic Processes
  • Module Tutor: MSO3140 Project
  • Module Tutor: MSO4991 Project

In these module I teach a significant amount of R programming and data analysis.

Employment

Lecturer in Mathematics
Middlesex University
01 Sept 2015
31 Aug 2018
Senior Lecturer in Mathematics
Middlesex University
01 Sept 2018

Education and qualifications

PhD Mathematics

Title: Some Problems in Irregular Ordinary Differential Equations

28 Sept 2012
University of Warwick
PGCHE
31 Jan 2018
Middlesex University

Grants

Spark Public Engagement Grant

Title: 2000 + 1: A Space Maths Odyssey - a co-created maths, planetary science and astrophysics adventure game.

01 Jan 2024
Science Technology Funding Council
Enhancing Education Grant

Title: Cellular STEM: Roaming Changes.

31 Jan 2022
Middlesex University
Enhancing Education Award

Title: Technology Enhanced Assessment: Providing Options to Students

30 Oct 2021
Middlesex University
Education Grant

Title: Student curation of video lectures

31 Dec 2020
Institute for Mathematics and its Applications

Prizes and Awards

Research outputs

Authentic activities for making mathematicians

Masterson, B., Megeney, A. and Sharples, N. Authentic activities for making mathematicians. CETL-MSOR Conference 2024. University of Limerick, Ireland 29 - 30 Aug 2024

Public engagement for student empowerment

Masterson, B., Megeney, A. and Sharples, N. Public engagement for student empowerment. CETL-MSOR Conference 2024. University of Limerick, Ireland 29 - 30 Aug 2024

Authentic no-exam assessment for student wellbeing

Masterson, B., Sharples, N. and Megeney, A. 2024. Authentic no-exam assessment for student wellbeing. Designing Assessment to Promote Students’ Wellbeing. University of Greenwich, London, UK 10 - 10 Jul 2024

Authenticity in learning, teaching and assessment

Masterson, B., Sharples, N., Jones, M., Megeney, A. and Lawrence, S. 2024. Authenticity in learning, teaching and assessment. MSOR Connections. 22 (2), pp. 29-36. https://doi.org/10.21100/msor.v22i2.1488

Authentic by design: developing mathematicians for the talent economy

Masterson, B., Jones, M., Lawrence, S., Megeney, A. and Sharples, N. 2023. Authentic by design: developing mathematicians for the talent economy. MSOR Connections. 21 (2), pp. 44-51. https://doi.org/10.21100/msor.v21i2

Student video curation

Jones, M., Lawrence, S., Masterson, B., Megeney, A. and Sharples, N. 2023. Student video curation. MSOR Connections. 21 (2), pp. 15-24. https://doi.org/10.21100/msor.v21i2.1403

Authentic by design: developing mathematicians for the talent economy

Masterson, B., Megeney, A., Sharples, N., Lawrence, S. and Jones, M. 2022. Authentic by design: developing mathematicians for the talent economy. CETL-MSOR Conference 2022. Abertay University, Dundee, UK 01 - 02 Sep 2022

Revising the role of the history of mathematics in post-pandemic world

Lawrence, S., Megeney, A., Sharples, N., Masterson, B. and Jones, M. 2022. Revising the role of the history of mathematics in post-pandemic world. Uzdanica. XIX, pp. 17-28. https://doi.org/10.46793/Uzdanica19.S.017L

Student video curation

Jones, M., Lawrence, S., Masterson, B., Megeney, A. and Sharples, N. 2022. Student video curation. CETL-MSOR Conference 2022. Abertay University, Dundee, UK 01 - 02 Sep 2022

On solutions of the transport equation in the presence of singularities

Miot, E. and Sharples, N. 2022. On solutions of the transport equation in the presence of singularities. Transactions of the American Mathematics Society. 375 (10), pp. 7187-7207. https://doi.org/10.1090/tran/8701

Engaging with maths online - teaching mathematics collaboratively and inclusively through a pandemic and beyond

Jones, M., Megeney, A. and Sharples, N. 2022. Engaging with maths online - teaching mathematics collaboratively and inclusively through a pandemic and beyond. MSOR Connections. 20 (1), pp. 74-83. https://doi.org/10.21100/msor.v20i1.1322

Digital pedagogy in a world of digital poverty: the Middlesex iPad project

Jones, M., Megeney, A. and Sharples, N. 2021. Digital pedagogy in a world of digital poverty: the Middlesex iPad project. AdvanceHE Curriculum Symposium 2021. Online 08 Jun 2021

Collaboration and co-creation at a distance: using technology to enhance student engagement online

Jones, M., Megeney, A. and Sharples, N. 2021. Collaboration and co-creation at a distance: using technology to enhance student engagement online. AdvanceHE Student Engagement Conference 2021. Online 26 May 2021

iPads for teaching and learning mathematics: collaborative group-work in an engineering-appropriate setting.

Jones, M., Megeney, A. and Sharples, N. 2021. iPads for teaching and learning mathematics: collaborative group-work in an engineering-appropriate setting. UCLan Conference: "Supporting Engineering Students with Weak Maths Skills and Widening Participation". Online 25 Mar 2021

Using technology to engage Generation Z Mathematics students

Jones, M. and Sharples, N. 2020. Using technology to engage Generation Z Mathematics students. University of South Wales: Teaching Excellence Seminars. Online 09 Nov 2020

Video recording lectures: blending the quarantini

Jones, M. and Sharples, N. 2020. Video recording lectures: blending the quarantini. TALMO Workshop: Student Engagement and Interaction. Online 03 Sep 2020

Generalised Cantor sets and the dimension of products

Olson, E., Robinson, J. and Sharples, N. 2016. Generalised Cantor sets and the dimension of products. Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 160 (1), pp. 51-75. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305004115000584

On the regularity of Lagrangian trajectories corresponding to suitable weak solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations

Robinson, J., Sadowski, W. and Sharples, N. 2013. On the regularity of Lagrangian trajectories corresponding to suitable weak solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations. Procedia IUTAM. 7, pp. 161-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.piutam.2013.03.019

Dimension prints and the avoidance of sets for flow solutions of non-autonomous ordinary differential equations

Robinson, J. and Sharples, N. 2013. Dimension prints and the avoidance of sets for flow solutions of non-autonomous ordinary differential equations. Journal of Differential Equations. 254, pp. 4144-4167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jde.2013.02.012

Strict inequality in the box-counting dimension product formulas

Robinson, J. and Sharples, N. 2012. Strict inequality in the box-counting dimension product formulas. Real Analysis Exchange. 38 (1), pp. 95-120.
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